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Forum: Hardware

December 6, 2012, 14:31

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Looking for Advice for new CPU

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Depends on the size of your problem. No use...

Depends on the size of your problem. No use getting 128 GB if you are never going to run problems that need more than 64 GB. By the same token, if you are ever going to need 128 GB, getting only 64...

Forum: Hardware

November 7, 2012, 14:53

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Looking for Advice for new CPU

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No parallel Fluent? Eek! You don't need a...

No parallel Fluent? Eek! You don't need a dual-socket Xeon, you need an overclocked Core-i7.

Forum: Hardware

November 7, 2012, 02:16

Replies: 18

Looking for Advice for new CPU

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Posted By CapSizer

We have also at times hung on to old machines for...

We have also at times hung on to old machines for a long time, but the old ones get relegated to "light duties" within two or three years. Even that doesn't make much sense, because of the higher...

Forum: Hardware

November 6, 2012, 04:23

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Looking for Advice for new CPU

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Posted By CapSizer

Forget about making it last 5 years. You will...

Forget about making it last 5 years. You will want to replace it in two years or so. Performance (if mostly in terms of the number of cores) has been escalating far too fast to justify hanging on...

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